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A proportional share assigned to a person or group as an allotment.
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Common Examples
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Conspiracy Meeting Of Minds
Quintin Quest and Quiana Quach discuss robbing a store. Quintin intends to carry out the plan while Quiana secretly plans to alert police. Because Quiana does not genuinely share the criminal objective, Quintin cannot be convicted of conspiracy.
Merger Clause Limits Claims
Quintina Qualls buys land from Quincy Bank under a contract containing a merger clause. After closing she discovers an oral promise about boundary fencing not in the deed. The merger clause prevents enforcement of the prior promise.
Fee Division Writing Requirement
Quintessa Quinn and Quinlan Quezada, lawyers in different firms, agree to split a fee. They obtain the client's written consent specifying each lawyer's share. The division satisfies the writing requirement for the arrangement.
Queen Quintero sells a third-party manufactured machine knowing it may be dangerous. She fails to inform the buyer of the risk. When the buyer is injured, Queen is liable for failing to exercise reasonable care to warn.
Separation Agreement Modification
Quintessential Goods and its employee enter a separation agreement incorporated into a divorce decree. The agreement states its support terms are not modifiable. The decree expressly precludes modification of those terms.
Advancement Against Share
Quorum Partners' founder gives property to an heir during life. The founder leaves a contemporaneous writing stating the gift counts against the heir's intestate share. The gift is treated as an advancement upon the founder's intestate death.
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What makes a racially based quota vulnerable under equal protection?+
A racially based quota sets an inflexible number of slots or benefits aside for a minority group. Courts treat such rigid numerical set-asides as presumptively invalid because they are not narrowly tailored even when intended to remedy past discrimination.
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How does the dictionary distinguish a quota from a goal?+
A quota is a fixed proportional share or numerical limit. A goal is a flexible target that does not reserve specific slots or automatically exclude others once the number is reached.
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410 U.S. 113 (1973)Constitutional Law
…J. I agree that, under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, the abortion statutes of Georgia and Texas impermissibly limit the performance of abortions necessary, in the judgment of a physician, to protect the pregnant woman's health. I further agree with the Court that the right of personal privacy includes…